The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-21
THE JOINT CONVENTION.
Two More Ballots, with No Change in the
Ranks of the Candidates.

Two More Ballots, with No Change in the
Ranks of the Candidates.
The joint convention, yesterday, was dull
affair Politicians who knew well before the
vote began what the result would be; the unin-
formed expecting anything to occur according to
the programme as they thought it ought to be
carried OUT people who were there from the
merest curiosity, with their party feeling fuctu-
ating in response to chance incidents, and the
neverabsent personnel of mixed assembly
found seats or standing room in the Hobbies and
galleries AS many ladies as on the day before
relieved the monotony of looking into hard set
masculine features But the Senators and Rep
resentatives seemed to regard it as perfuuotory
performance, which it really was At IL o'clock
noon, to the minute, the vanguard of Senator'S
secretaries and their assistants, followed by the
or-keeper stepped into the House as if they
were accustomed, through the mere force of
routine. The fifty chairs to the right of the
Speakers desk were quickly filed, and Senator
Smith. using his own gavel, which he is thought
to always carry with him, said modifying his
assertiveness of Wednesday: II res specially re-
quest the spectators to keep order" and, in a
moderate tone, calling the Senators
and Representatives to their seats ordered the
Senate roll to be called. Fifty names
had the present mark put to them. Speaker
Sayre then ordered the roll Of the House to be
called. Representatives Patton and Dickerson
missed it. They were in the cloak-room, and
not expecting the proceedings to move with such
celebrity. Fastening in before the result was an
| nounced, they answered in time to make the full
hundred at the opening. Representative Patton
| found Democratic Senator in his seat, and. IN
| stead of leading him down to the senatorial
preserves, called upon the Speaker. who direct
| ed the Door keeper TO supply him with chair
Everything was in readiness for calling the
| roll in voting for United States Senator wher
Senator johnson, to avoid the tedious formally
| of repeating the protests to votes offered OF
| Wednesday, asked If they should not be consid
cred as part of the record each ballot unit
| the final ballot, when they should be again form
ally offered and recorded. This met the consen
| of everybody. Representative Gordon said tina
on the day before he protested to the vote o
Representative Ackman. alleging that he wa
not entitled to the seat he occupied, because h
had not received plurality of all the votes cas-
at the election. .iSince them" continued he
Representative Ackman has measurably salts
fed me that he did receive a plurality of al
the votes cast, and I withdraw the pro
test" Nobody objected, and the Senators began
to say Harrison or Turpie, according to thei
party preferences. For the former 18 vote
were recorded, while 80 went to the latter. o.
the House roll the calling of which was ordere
by Speaker Sayre, Representatives Ackman an
Alexander led the list for Harrison. The mex
10 Representative Askren Democrat of the oil
school from about Corydon. He was caugh
mapping, and. following the responses Of Harr
son, also voted for that gentleman. The uproa
ious laughter of Democrats and hearty applaus
of Republicans showed him his error, and
quickly changed his vote TO Turpie before II
Clerk hid time to record it. Representative
Gates Glover Mackey and Robinson voted fl
Captain Allen, the roll standing SO for Harrison
40 for Turpie and for Allen, giving the usu
. total of II for Harrison, 10 for Turpie, and II
I Allen. second ballot was had, with like r
: suit. and at 1925 o'clock the convention q
i | iourned until noon to day.